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A city hot, squeezed by mountains and sea and stunning scenery, Rio de Janeiro is the postcard from Brazil in the world . For those who already know the main attractions of the wonderful city or attends regularly, is a new option for lodging and leisure: the Barra da Tijuca.

Away about 30 minutes from the south, with the opening of the Auto-Estrada Lagoa-Barra and São Conrado Tunnels and Joa, the land of the bar had great recovery.

With irregular blocks, the residential part of the bar, formed by middle-class condominiums, remember what the model of planned city that has Brasília.

Beach Barra of Tijuca

It did not take to develop a commercial and business structure and Bar has become a kind of Miami in the third world, leading to a statue of liberty at the entrance of a shopping center. Supermarkets, restaurants, bars, theater, schools, hotels, cinemas, shopping centers and many pharmacies provide support for the visitor or resident does not need to leave the bar.

Besides infrastructure, the bar also boasts 18 miles of beach, the longest in the city of Rio de Janeiro and most sought for by cariocas seabathing. It was below the sand and sea are clean and preserved.

The Sernambetiba avenue, near the beach of Barra, lets walk it in all its extension, take coconut water, a snack or to find people and beautiful.

Close to the beach bar, you can enjoy beaches almost deserted as the Recreio dos Bandeirantes (Beach Environmental Reserve) and Grumari. Those who prefer catching waves, the suggestion is Macumba beach, frequented by surfers.